Door and window construction.



T. F. BERRILL@ H. R. GOGAY.

Doon AND wlNDow coNsmucnoN.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. la 15H6- 1,287,622. Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET ST. F. BERRILL L H. H. GUGAY.

DooR AND wlNDow' CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED. MAR. I3. $916.

Patented Dec. 17.1918.

THOMAS F. BERRILL AND HARRY R. GOG-AY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

T 0 all 'whom at may concer/n.:

Be it knownthat we, THOMAS F. BERRJLL and I-IARRY R. GOGAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements interlocked one with the other as regards the general frame piece and the trim structure, this interlocking relation being such as to form an entirely rigid assembly.

Our invention has for a further object the provision of means whereby the main frame structure may be rigidly anchored in its correct position, thereby not depending solely on the accuracy of workmanship on the part of the wall or partition builder.

Still a further object is the provision of such type -of structure that the main frame piece does not become marred by the plasterer when exceptional care is-not taken by him' when surfacing the wall with plaster.

The preferred embodiment of our invention is shown in the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and in which:

Figure l is a View in side elevation showing the frame and trim pieces in their assembled relation, k l

Fig. 2 is an enlarged crossv section taken through the structure shown in Fig. l, and showing the manner of connection between the main frame and the trim structures,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective of a portion of the frame piece showing the tongue structure for engaging the trim,

Fig. e is a fragmentary perspective of the trim section used by us,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section taken on lineof Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 13, 1916. Serial No. 83,733.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section taken on line .6 6 of Fig. l and showing particularly the manner of anchoring the main frame to the wall or partition. l y

Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7-7. of Fig. 6, and,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective offa Iportion of the main frame showing the manner of. securing the anchor in position.

The present invention is directed par.- ticularly to the type of structure used in connection with doors, b-ut it will be understood that the same is equally applicable to windows and the like. In these several views, the wall proper is designated by the reference numeral l and it is in the wall opening 2 that the finished framework and trim are to be placed. f The general framework "or main frame comprises a portion 3 Shaped to adaptv itself to the desired type of wall and has each of its two sides l bent laterally ory outwardly to present the projecting lipk or shoulder 4a. This shoulder is provided for the two-fold purpose of providing a gage to ITE-*D STATES PATENT OFFICES.,

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which the plasterer may work when suri facing the wall proper with a plaster as is shown at la and also for preventing the outside surface of the main frame piece from becoming soiled or marred during this plastering operation and before the trim pieces have been placed in position. It will, `of course, be understood that the trim pieces are not placed in position until after the wall has been surfaced with plaster and in form- .ing a gage to which the plasterer may work,

these shoulders 4a also present an edge over which the plasterer may slide his tool. In so doing, it is only the outer edge of the shoulders 4a that this tool comes in contact with and consequently the remaining surfaces of the faces 4 may not become smeared. The faces e are also each provided with a number of oppositely disposed inwardly projecting tongues 4b, which tongues are struck out of the body portion proper of the faces as indicated more clearly in Figs. 6 and 8. These inwardly projecting tongues then serve as tracks or guides into whichV the anchors 9 are slid. These anchors are, provided in order to more securely or more are assembled.

work from shifting from its true position..

The anchors themselves are composed of cross plates 10 whose opposite ends are slotted as shown at 11 to engage the tongues 4b as is shown in Figs. 6 and Sand laterally projecting anchor strips12. These anchor strips are secuied to thev cross plateshlO iii anydesirable manner as by riveting or spot welding and their outer ends are preferably corrugated as is indicated at 13, so that they may more securely embed themselves in the mortar between the bricks forming the wall construction proper. These tongues 41 are made of a length so that the anchors may be located so Vthat* they will fall acent a mortar joint, it being only necessary, therefore7 to make these tongues 4b of a length slightly longer than the height of the building bricks. The portions 4 are also each provided with a series of tongues 5, Which tongues are preferably, although not necessarily, arranged in pairs and disposed at iiitervals throughout the height of the frame. These tongues are preferably struck out of the metal forming the framework itself as is indicated particularly in Fig. 8 and are designed to be of a size to tinto notches 6 formed in the trim section 7. It will be understood that these trim sections mav haveany desired shape as yregards their eX- `terior appearance but they are each preferably provided with a turned-under portionSa and 8b along opposite edges as is shown and it is these turned-under edges that kare notched out, as is shownat 6, in the manner corresponding with the size and location of the tongues 5. It will appear that one of these tongues 5 is located at a greater distance from the plane of the faces 4l than the other and also that the turned- 'under edge 8a is located a greater distance from the outer' face of the -trim section '7 than is the turned-under edge 8b. This structure is provided in order to complete the fit over the outwardly projecting shoulders 4a, as will be more clearly seen in Fig. 2 and as shown in this figure, one edge of each trim overlaps the joint between the shoulders 4a and the plastering, which makes for a very sightly appearance when the parts The cross piece 14 of the main frame or that portion Vwhich spans the distance between the two longitudinal side pieces is preferably notched out asis 'shown Y at 15 in Fig. 5,and the lower edge 8d of the trim piecev is provided with a series of tongues as shown at 16. These tongues are vof a size to llt the notched out portions 'l5 to enable them to slide intot-he cooperative position shown in Fig. 5 to hold the upper portion ofthe structure-in position.-y

Themanner of assembling our ytype of structure iswas follows: The main frame section .formed of the portions 8-andf4vis dentally, this gage prevents his tools from coming into contact with the exposed surface of the framework to smear it. The tongues 5 are so formed that they proj ect from the side of the wall a distance to accommodate the turned under flanges 8a and 8" and the trim sections are then located so that the notchedout portions 6 may pass over these outwardly projecting tongues 5. In this manner the two turned under edges or flanges 8 andy 8" will be made to lie adjacent the side faces 4 of the main frame to give a finished appearance and in the same inanner,V the tongues 16 carried by the edges 8a of the cross piece of the trim, will be made to engage the rear surface of the faces 4 of the main frame. After these trim portions have been placed in this position, they are shovedor slid down a distance so that their lower edges engage the floor or some other limiting surface. It is essential only that they be slid down to a position so that the tongues 5 engage theinside faces of the flanges 8 and thus made to engage these flanges tosecurely hold the parts in position. The function of the notches 6 is to permit the assembling of the various sections and after this has been accomplished,

Vthey have no other function.

lhat We claim, is:

1. A structure of the character described comprising a frame member `shaped to fit the inside of a wall opening, a plurality of tongues arranged in pairs struck out of the side faces of said member, a trim structure, and oppositely disposed flanges carried by the inner and outer edges of said trim structure'and turned under the same to project toward each other, said flanges being provided with a series of notched out portions extending from their edges toward the edges of the trim structure and located at a level so that when the trim is slid into position, said flanges will be engaged by said tongues. Y f

2. A structure of the character described comprising a frame member shaped to fit theinside of a wall opening, a laterally projecting `shoulder around the outside edges of the faces of said frame lying parallel with the building wall to form a plaster gage, a plurality of tongues carried by said frame member, a trim structure, and a flange on the outer edge of said trim structure turned joint between said shoulder and the wall iio plaster, said fiange being provided With a In testimony whereof We affix our signaseres of notched out portions starting from tures in presence of two Witnesses.

its free edge and extending toward the outer THOMAS F. BERRILL. edge of the trim to Cooperate with said HARRY R. (nrOGrAY 5 tongues so that when the trim is slid into Witnesses:

position said anges Will be engaged by said H. A. WHEELER, tongues. ERNEST L. LINN.

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